Will Aperture ever support Nikon or Canon Picture Control settings?

Question

As with many people, I've also run into two issues:
1) The RAW Picture Control settings used by Nikon don't seem to be supported by Aperture. I've downloaded the latest Camera Raw update (2.4) and yet it still seems that none of the settings get interpreted by Aperture. As a long-standing Aperture user, this is a major issue since it now requires me to import into either ViewNX or Capture NX2 and then transfer them to Aperture. Since I use Photoshop for dodging and burning, I'm beginning to wonder if I should just move to Lightroom.
2) The highlights seem to get blown out fairly easily when viewed in Aperture. I often seem to have to pull back the highlights on many pictures.
I was wondering if these are still persistent issues that others see as I'd like to consider what reasonable options I have.

Answer 1

Jade, you gave up to easily!!!
I would guess that Nikon makes most of their money from cameras, lenses, nik software and very little from NX software. While NX is fine for small projects, it is way to slow and plodding to be a meaningful workflow product.
But, if Nikon teamed up with Apple so that Aperture could incorporate most of what is in NX under a licensing/royalty agreement, Nikon would sell lots more of their core products, Apple/Nikon software would be come the default workflow processing solution and would set industry standards for digital imaging for the pro. Canon would be forced to follow suit or fall very far behind. Nikon has done a wonderful job in bringing their bodies to leading the pack, they need more work on lens, IMHO, and a meaningful relationship or co development with Apple would seal the third arm of the puzzle.
Consumers, Apple, and Nikon all benefit from such a model. Just have to get to terms that are acceptable and, as typical in these situations, there are too many big egos involved and unwilling to see the forest through the trees.
Food for thought.....maybe....